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10 lessons to learn from Scandinavian style interiors

i.e. Why we all love Scandinavian Interior Style

Today’s post is the Scandinavian version of yesterday post. Indeed, yesterday I listed the 10 ideas to steal from Italian style interiors, with 10 features of Italian style interiors. Today I’m trying to do something similar for the Scandinavian interior style. In this blog, in fact, I’m oftern posting Scandinavian interiors as I’m a huge fan of the Scandinavian style. As many Italians are, right?

However, while I had some troubles in putting together a post with the 10 features of Italian style interiors, because the Italian style is actually very heterogeneous, I’m playing safer today. Indeed, listing ten points to steal for a Scandinavian style interior is easier today. And I’m pretty sure I will meet in this post the taste of most of you.

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Scandinavian style fascinates for its cozy rooms, for a simple yet refined design, for bright and crisp white spaces.

I’ve collected with this post a list of ten ideas, but there are really so many things we can learn by the Nordic way of decorating.

You can find for exmple many other inspirations in this interesting article on Dalani Magazine.

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2 White rules | Scandinavian style interiors

Scandinavian daylight hours are few and that’s why Scandi homes are brightened to their maximum. Indeed, the preference goes toward white walls and light neutral shades.

Although the current trend seems to go more towards “moody”hues, ie to darker interior colors and dark wall paints (as told in this home tour in a Finnish interior for example). A good option for a bright home to white walls are beige walls, one of the trendiest options we are seeing in 2018 from Scandinavia interiors. However, it is clear that geographical conditions affect the way we decorate our homes, so I’m sure that bright walls will have long life!

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3 Colour accents | Scandinavian style interiors

Images via Dalani Magazine

This does not mean that Scandinavian interiors are not colorful ones, indeed. The color, however, is added to accessories and furnishings, to textiles, to cushions, with colour matches that can go from a range of pastel shades (see for example this beautiful Scandi interior in pastel accents) to bold and juicy ones.

In addition to this, Scandinavians today love to decorate also by painting walls in muted colors, like greens, blues, earthy shades. To know more about this, have a read at these posts:

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4 Graphics and wall arts | Scandinavian style interiors

Hanged on the wall, maybe in clusters to form a gallery wall, or just on the furniture or on the floor. You just need to browse a little bit among the Scandinavian interior blogs to find endless solutions and ideas to decorate your home with frames and pics!

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5 Form follows function | Scandinavian style interiors

In Scandinavian homes form follows function. That’s why often a bare bulb is enough to illuminate a room, or a pile book is ok as a bedside, or walls are decorated with quotes to start well the day. So much envy for this way of decorating, indeed: I think I don’t have it in my DNA, but I’d love having it! (are you a concealer or a revealer?)

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9 Scandi design tradition | Scandinavian style interiors

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If you read this blog, you will find so many Scandi design brands that this point really needs no explanation.

From the mid-century period designers that are so popular in these years, like Hans Wegner, Alvar Aalto and Arne Jacobsen. Finally, to the present top design brands: Scandinavian design still rules the design scene, and really don’t know if this trend it’s going to end!

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10 Green is not just for the outside | Scandinavian style interiors

It’s too cold outside for plants to survive, even for people to spend time in the garden? Well, Scandinavians bring green inside home. Indeed, in the web you can find tons of wonderful ideas in terms of green decor inside homes. Just to give you an idea, have a look at the Scandinavian blogger inspirations by the Urban Jungle Bloggers group: no doubt, they are really masters on this!

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10 + The power of details | Scandinavian style interiors

The truth is, Scandinavians are masters in the art of ‘interior styling’. That is to say the art to set up an interior at its best.
Just compare any of Scandinavian real estate website (such as Fantastik Frank or Alvhemto name the most popular) with an Italian one. I would say that we still have so much to learn …

Elisabetta is the mastermind behind ITALIANBARK.
She studied Architecture at the University of Venice and Interior Design at London Saint Martin’s and is currently working as a creative consultant + web content creator through her interior and design studio.